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Boston Bruins' Milan Lucic: 'I'm not sorry' for remarks in handshake line with Montreal Canadiens

Milan Lucic, Brendan Gallagher

Boston Bruins left wing Milan Lucic (17) drives Montreal Canadiens right wing Brendan Gallagher (11) into the board during the third period of Game 2 in the second-round of the Stanley Cup hockey playoff series in Boston, Saturday, May 3, 2014. The Bruins defeated the Canadiens 5-3, tying the best-of-seven games series at one game each. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
(Charles Krupa)

BOSTON - Two days later, Milan Lucic doesn't feel much differently about his exchange with Montreal's Dale Weise in the handshake line after Game 7 than he did right after the game ended, when he called Weise a "baby" for discussing the incident with the media.

"What’s said on the ice stays on the ice and unfortunately that code is broken," Lucic said. "And it’s unfortunate that it blows up to what it is now. I’m not the first guy to do it. I’m not the last guy to do it. I’m not sorry that I did it. I’m a guy that plays on emotion, and this is a game of emotions. Sometimes you make decisions out of emotion that might not be the best ones, and that’s what it is. I didn’t make the NHL because I accepted losing or accepted failure, and I think that’s what’s gotten me to this point and made me the player that I am."

Here's video of the exchange, in which Weise told reporters Lucic threatened him:

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Lucic said he "probably" wouldn't do the same thing if he could go back in time to that moment, but maintained that he doesn't feel sorry for what he said.

"I can’t take back what I said, so like I said, I’m not apologizing for what was said in the handshake," Lucic said. "Like I said, it’s just unfortunate that what was said on the ice, it gets leaked out and gets blown out of proportion."